2026 Annual Conference
Immersion Sessions ($)
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Advanced Tracks for Healthcare Change-Makers
Start the meeting strong with a topic-driven preconference session for senior leaders seeking deeper engagement on mission-critical topics.
More Than Medicine: Integrating Culture, Compassion, and Equity in Chronic Care($)
Chronic care isn’t one-size-fits-all. The most effective solutions go beyond the medicine by blending clinical excellence with cultural understanding, compassion, and equity. This session shares how leading health systems are reimagining care to improve outcomes and build lasting trust in the communities they serve.
($) Indicates additional registration fee required
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM
Welcome and Introductions
1:05 PM - 1:50 PM
Humankindness in Action: Advancing Health Equity, Workforce Diversification, and Value-Based Care at Mercy Medical Group
Wm. Jahmal Miller, MHA, Chief Administrative Officer; Kellen Na, MD, Medical Director, Social Determinants and Alisahah Jackson, MD, President, Lloyd H. Dean Institute, Mercy Medical Group (CA)2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Medical Assistant Navigators for the Journey to Hypertension Control among Younger African American Men
Denise White Perkins, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Family Medicine; Octavia Solomon, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator and Roberta Eis, RN, BSN, MBA,Project Manager, Henry Ford Health3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Eliminating the LatinX Diabetes Care Gap
Mehreen M. Khan, MD, MPH, DipABLM, TPMG Regional Medical Director for Population Care, Santa Clara Department of Endocrinology, The Permanente Medical Group3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Foodways to Health: Delivering Medically Tailored Meals that Honor Culture, Community, and Climate
Reshma Gupta, MD, MSHPM, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care, UC Davis Health4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Wrap Up Discussion
Compensation & Operations Semi-Annual Meeting ($)
Physician compensation sits at the intersection of strategy, finance, and culture — and in 2026, the pressure to get it right is intensifying on every front. This half-day immersion session brings together leading health system executives, physician leaders, and compensation professionals for a practitioner-focused deep dive into the most consequential forces reshaping provider compensation today. Through peer case studies and expert analysis, attendees will leave with actionable frameworks they can apply immediately within their organizations.
Note: This session is closed to consulting firms.
Topics covered include:
What the latest wRVU and Practice Expense RVU adjustments mean for your reimbursement and compensation plans — including the specialty-specific impact for office-based vs. facility-based providers
Navigating the wide compensation ranges driven by solo vs. CRNA-supervision practice models, productivity adjustment factors, collections alignment, and call pay philosophy
Building a deliberate, data-driven approach to advanced practice clinician compensation as APCs approach 45% of the provider workforce
How transparency, fairness, and explicit expectations reduce burnout, disengagement, and the risk of unionization — with real-world case study application
Reconnecting physician leaders to the operational and financial realities of running a high-performing clinical enterprise
Evaluating whether your current model is structurally equipped to absorb regulatory and market shifts without destabilizing provider relationships